Wal-Mart Shuns Gay Groups

Tref · 06-22-2007, 11:50 AM

Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has decided to curb its support of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) organizations after conservative Christian groups threatened a boycott, and after some of its own employees expressed disapproval.

... and our Nations gay population shrugs and continues to shop at Target.

AllyOops! · 06-22-2007, 12:51 PM

Good golly, Wal-Mart has more issues then I do, and that's saying quite a lot.

Snowflake · 06-22-2007, 02:08 PM

Well, as if I needed another reason not to darken the door of a Walmart, I don't but so noted.

Not Afraid · 06-22-2007, 02:15 PM

I have never set foot in a WalMart and I don't eve plan on doing it.

Gemini Cricket · 06-22-2007, 02:39 PM

At first, I was thinking 'Stupid Wal Mart, yaddah yaddah' but then I was just thinking well it's probably a good thing for those groups not to associate themselves with the horror that is Wal Mart.

At the same time, their reasoning was that WM didn't want to associate with controversial issues but they're bowing to pressure from religious organizations about controversy that these groups are creating/perpetuating. Seems kind of hypocritical to me.

I don't shop at WalMart and don't plan to. Target works for me.

Alex · 06-22-2007, 02:48 PM

I refuse to shop at Target.

But I don't really go to Wal-Mart all that often either.

flippyshark · 06-22-2007, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

I refuse to shop at Target.

Any particular reason?

innerSpaceman · 06-22-2007, 03:38 PM

Being shunned by Wal*Mart is significantly better than being kicked out of a leper colony.

€uroMeinke · 06-22-2007, 04:13 PM

I thought they were achieving this strategy already with their product mix and marketing strategy?

Alex · 06-22-2007, 05:25 PM

Shunning gay people apparently means that stores can give money to gay causes if they want, there'll still be training about gay issues for employees, and all the various GLBT employee groups will continue without issue.

I'd like to go back to 1988 and have Elle McPherson shun me like that.

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Any particular reason?

Cause it is Target. When I walk in the front door of one it seems pretty self explanatory to me.

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AllyOops! It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time!!! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Introspection Intersection Posts: 1,207	Good golly, Wal-Mart has more issues then I do, and that's saying quite a lot.
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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Well, as if I needed another reason not to darken the door of a Walmart, I don't but so noted. __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I have never set foot in a WalMart and I don't eve plan on doing it.
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06-22-2007, 02:39 PM	#5
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	At first, I was thinking 'Stupid Wal Mart, yaddah yaddah' but then I was just thinking well it's probably a good thing for those groups not to associate themselves with the horror that is Wal Mart. At the same time, their reasoning was that WM didn't want to associate with controversial issues but they're bowing to pressure from religious organizations about controversy that these groups are creating/perpetuating. Seems kind of hypocritical to me. I don't shop at WalMart and don't plan to. Target works for me.
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I refuse to shop at Target. But I don't really go to Wal-Mart all that often either.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Being shunned by Wal*Mart is significantly better than being kicked out of a leper colony.
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	I thought they were achieving this strategy already with their product mix and marketing strategy? __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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